Cloud Security Architect Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Architect
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cloud Security Architect salary in the UK excluding London is £52,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 511 571 549
Rank change year-on-year +60 -22 +181
Permanent jobs requiring a Cloud Security Architect 5 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.012% 0.006% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.006% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 11
10th Percentile - £72,087 £65,000
25th Percentile £51,000 £75,072 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £80,996 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.80% +7.99% +26.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £85,971 £100,000
90th Percentile £64,500 £88,389 £112,500
UK median annual salary £52,000 £80,996 £87,500
% change year-on-year -35.80% -7.43% -2.78%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,285 33,619 31,967
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 92.95% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 23,298 16,416 24,168
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Cloud Security Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Security Architect' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cloud Security Architect job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Architect
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Security Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Cloud Security Architect job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Architect
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security Architect in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security Architect in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Architect
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Architect within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northern Ireland - 3 £52,000 -
Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1
Wales - 1 £60,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £65,000 - 1
Cloud Security Architect
UK

Cloud Security Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Cloud Security Architect job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Cloud Security Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (60.00%) Azure
3 3 (60.00%) BCP
3 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity Planning
3 3 (60.00%) Fault Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (60.00%) Problem Management
3 3 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) CASB
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
4 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) Netskope
4 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (20.00%) Product Requirements
4 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On

Cloud Security Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) SSL
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Digital Health
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
1 1 (20.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 5 (100.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) BCP
2 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (60.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 3 (60.00%) Fault Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Problem Management
2 3 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (20.00%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Network Segmentation
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (20.00%) Product Requirements
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) CASB
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Netskope